Mu Xiangyao heard Wang Jitong say to be careful, and he was secretly happy in his heart, when he was in the Northeast, the guerrillas were involved in many forces because of their activities in western Liaoning, and in order to purify the team, the work of the political commissar was done by him, the second knife, and he knew very well what the role of the political commissar was. Now that he is alone in Shanghai, the political commissars needed in various parts of Jiangsu and Zhejiang believe that the northeast side will also be subordinate to him, and everything has been arranged.

After everything was arranged, Wang Jitong asked everyone to rest in the room, only Zhong Mei was left in the room, Zhong Mei saw that he even arranged Yu Ziyi out, and his heart became a little nervous, but after all, he had experienced life and death, he took two deep breaths, and then sat upright and silent.

Wang Jitong looked at him and nodded, there were many students in Hangjiahu in the first issue, and there was a reason why Yang Rui only sent him back when so many people were there. He took a sip of tea and said, "Bu Cen, it's been two years since you joined the club, how do you feel?" ”

Originally, I thought that Wang Jitong would directly arrange the task, who knew that he was talking about this, but Zhong Mei was not impatient at all, he said in a deep voice: "I only hate to join the club five years late, otherwise the country would have been recovered." ”

Seeing him say this, Wang Jitong laughed, yes, if the revival would have been established a few years earlier...... But thinking of this, he shook his head, if it was really established a few years earlier, not to mention others, just say that he would not join the association, at that time he was still obsessed with Kang Liang Wuxu to change the law, only to wait for the change to fail, then he saw that the hope of Guangxu that cowardly emperor I have no hope of China's revival, this is just one; In addition, what stimulated him the most was that in 1903, the Manchu Qing Dynasty actually wanted to agree to the seven conditions of Russia, which was completely a loss of power and humiliation of the country. It was only at this time that he suddenly changed and threatened to make a revolution. As luck would have it, any organization would only emerge in a specific historical context.

Wang Jitong sighed, and said: "What does Bu Cen think of the emperor? Is it better for China to be an empire or a republic? ”

Although Zhong Mei is a killing god, he was a man before he went to military school. In fact, the special students of Nanyang College were all elites from all over the world. It was the Manchus who cultivated the pillars of the country for future governance, but because of an inkwell and the anti-Russian movement, they broke off with the Manchus. Zhong Mei meditated for a while, and then said: "There is a way that is the general trend of the world, and it must be divided for a long time, and it must be divided for a long time." When there is a trend of inevitability, the southeast mutual insurance in the year of Gengzi is the beginning of this trend. Once the republic is republicned after the revolution, the regions will inevitably fall apart and become their own countries; But it is impossible to implement the imperial system after the revolution. Now that the West is learning from the East, the more the republic will be the consensus of the people, and the trade monarchy will be digging its own grave. Speaking of this, he sighed again, "Since India and Poland were enslaved by foreign races one after another, racism has begun. After the advocacy of Wei Dan and others, Manchuism is now prevalent in our country. In fact, if the current emperor is a Han Chinese. Then it is not impossible to implement a constitutional monarchy. ”

Although the Revival Society has the literature of ideological education, these students are deeply knowledgeable and are not completely bound by those literature, which is actually their preciousness and terribleness. Yang Rui is wary of this situation of students. The political commissar system he mentioned some time ago is probably aimed at this; Cai Yuanpei, on the other hand, advocated democracy, or when he was in the special class of Nanyang College in his early years, he had already told these students to be democratic, so it can be said that there is no democracy that he instilled. These students will not drop out of school at that time. Wang Jitong, on the other hand, is neutral, and he believes that if the thinking is completely consistent, the thinking will be rigid, and at that time, except for the committee, the lower-level personnel will become party slaves; Of course, if we blindly pay attention to democracy as Cai Yuanpei did at the beginning, then the entire organization will have no fighting spirit and will be scattered, and we still have to grasp the degree of vitality and combat effectiveness, democracy and discipline.

Wang Jitong deeply agrees with Zhong Mei's understanding, the world has fallen apart, but the world's concept is increasingly republican, Gengzi year, in Zhang Yuan, the first session of the Chinese Congress has been held, although this meeting did not survive for long, but a leaf falls and knows the autumn of the world, Shanghai as the most open place in China's mind, has predicted the future of the world's troubled times.

"Bu Cen, you're right." Wang Jitong affirmed, "However, the situation in China is extremely abnormal, with a population of 450 million today, only a million literate people, and only these more than 1 million people have heard of the republic, and the rest do not know what the republic is." Although this more than one million people is small, it is completely possible to control the remaining 44,000,000 people through the public power and gentry power, and once the republic is republic, then it is only a republic of more than 1 million, not a republic of 45,000,000 people. In fact, according to Chengcheng's statement, China is actually separated by three powers, the imperial power, the gentry power, and the civil power, but the longer the dynasty, the more ambiguous the three powers become. There are gentry colluding with bureaucrats to oppress the people, this is the gentry colluding with the imperial power; There are gentry who are entangled in the people making trouble and rebelling, and at this time the gentry power pulls the civil power; Our revolution should be for the benefit of 45,000,000 people, not a republic for more than 1,000,000 people, let alone an emperor. This is what is expressly stated in the constitution and cannot be violated. ”

Wang Jitong said a lot, but still did not answer the contradiction between the republic and the monarchy, although Zhong Mei was suspicious but his expression was calm, Wang Jitong looked at him, nodded again, and then said: "Bu Cen, if you have any doubts about what you have done in the future, then just remember the purpose of the association." ”

Zhong Mei nodded in mind. "Yes! Mr. ”

"The main purpose of Hongmen has always been to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, and if you want to move the Hongmen, there is nothing more appealing than the anti-Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty...... But this slogan has been shouted for hundreds of years, but there are few successful people, but Hong Xiuquan took the form of worshipping God, and absorbed many Hongmen congregations after the incident, do you know, why Hongmen can't become Hongyang's thing? When he opened his mouth, Wang Jitong changed his mouth and asked other questions, but he still felt more cautious.

"Hongmen's slogan of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty has been shouted for more than 200 years, and to this day, the anti-Qing Dynasty is still the right thing to do, but the restoration of the Ming Dynasty has become empty and can no longer appeal to the people's hearts; At the same time, there are many vices in the Hongmen, the membership requires money, the rituals are too complicated, and the meeting is mostly uneven, often robbing homes and houses, and there is no discipline; In addition, the most important thing is that there are many Hongmen mountain halls, there is no unified leadership, and the gathering is impermanent. The drift is uncertain, and it is difficult to compete with the large-scale Qing army. More than 50 years have passed since the incident of Hong Yang, but there are still many lessons and lessons for the revolution, which are worth pondering and summing up.

What Zhong Mei said hit the nail on the head of Hongmen's weakness, Wang Jitong nodded and said, "Okay! Whether it is Hongmen or Huidang, in fact, they all have such weaknesses, and the ultimate goal of the Games Party is to absorb and reorganize the Huihui Party, so that they can be completely transformed into a revolutionary force. However, those guild masters and hall masters will not hand over power so lightly, in addition to using force, they also have to use another set of names to attract them. Speaking of this, Wang Jitong took out a white jade box from his arms and stood up. Both hands handed to Zhong Mei.

Seeing that he was solemn, Zhong Mei also stood up. Take it with both hands. Open the white jade box, but inside is a stack of bright yellow silk brocade, brocade shading on the auspicious clouds and cranes, gorgeous and colorful, he has a town in his heart, under the instruction of Wang Jitong carefully unfolded the silk brocade. I only read the beginning of the hand and shook my hand, and exclaimed: "Where did this come from?!" ”

Wang Jitong didn't care, just said, "You can watch it first." I'll talk about it after reading it. ”

Zhong Mei saw that he was calm and composed. My heart began to calm down, and I took the aya brocade and read it, only to see the book:

The edict of King Min of the Ming Dynasty said: The husband entered the customs from the east and stole the territory of Zhongxia, and the land of Shenzhou has been sinking for a long time! For more than 200 years, the clothes have been disgraced, the constitution has been exhausted, the cruelty has been unreasonable, the tyranny has been rampant, and the strong neighbors are forced day by day, and they cannot live all day. The reasons for all kinds of crimes are not caused by the ignorance of the people and the abuse of the Han people. With Zhong Fuhan as the governor of the southeast, he contacted the righteous and the rebels, and shared the hatred of my compatriots and recovered China. As for the unscrupulous bandits, who ridicule the righteous teacher in vain, and form a crowd to resist, they are willing to take their own crimes, and they should show the world and punish them together with my Han fathers, brothers and children. Salty makes you smell it. May 1, 2,750 years of the Yellow Emperor.

The content of the edict was plain, and after Zhong Mei finished reading it, he stared at the bell seal of "Treasure of King Min" at the end and said, "Sir, is this true?" ”

Wang Jitong said: "It's all true." The bell seal is the royal seal letter given by Zhu Yuanzhang to Zhu Yang, the king of Min, and this silk satin is completely the style of the former Ming Dynasty. "Wang Jitong can't say bluntly that this seal letter was dropped, and Aya Jin was stolen from the Joseon Palace, and both of them really can't be true.

"Sir, do you want to use this to move the Hongmen and the Hui Party?"

"Hmm. This is the result of the discussion of several gentlemen, to move the Hongmen and the Hui Party, the name of the Ming Sect was the best in the past, and with this great righteousness, you can absorb and reorganize the Hui Party to be more smooth. ”

Zhong Mei felt that it was very inexplicable that an edict from the former Ming Min King suddenly appeared, he thought that things in the Guan were the same as those outside the Guan, and if he was not satisfied, he would carry a gun and go straight to the hard. But when he arrived at the gate, he found that things were different, no wonder Wang Jitong wanted to leave others alone.

Looking at Zhong Mei still puzzled, Wang Jitong explained again: "Outside the customs, the main reason why we can be like a fish in water is in the name of rejecting Russia; And the righteousness of rejecting Russia in the customs can no longer be used, and what can be used can only be filled. The Hui Party was originally a branch of Hongmen, and it has always advocated opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, and it is extremely difficult for outsiders to cut in, but there is an edict that is different, as long as there are those who do not accept it, they can be killed. ”

"But...... However, the Hui Party has always been a lax secret, and once the edict is leaked, it will be encircled and suppressed by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and if it is in the early stage of the integration of the Hui Party, it will be extremely detrimental to the revolution. "The edict was too heavy, and Zhong Mei could feel the fear of the Manchus when they found out.

Therefore, the edict must not be known to those who do not trust. Democracy and equality are useful for scholars, anti-Qing and Ming restoration are useful for the Hongmen Hui Party, and abundant food and clothing are useful for the people. The future revolution of the Fuxing Society will be divided into three levels, each with its own strategy, and in order to overthrow the Manchus as soon as possible, we must unite the forces that can be united. ”

"Then we belong to the party level?"

"Yes. As the saying goes, the power of the revolution lies in the lower strata of society, but this lower strata of society is controlled by the Hongmen Hui Party, and if we do not clean up and control the Zhan Hui Party, then our revolutionary work will not be able to start. In fact, you people are opening the way for mobilizing the people in the future, and only when you control the party can the people mobilize it. Otherwise, let alone mobilizing the people, even their own safety cannot be ensured. ”

Wang Jitong said the strategy of the work, Zhong Mei fully understood what he meant, thinking of this, he couldn't help but hold the originally hot jade box in his hand tightly, the sports party is going to move Hongmen, and this is the key to sports Hongmen.

After everything was said in the room, there was a knock on the door, and a voice outside the door said, "Sir, Mr. Ao is here." ”

Wang Jitong said: "Okay." Please come in, Mr. Ao. With that, he asked Zhong Mei to put away the edict.

Ao Jiaxiong is a literati about thirty years old, but his appearance is very strong, and his movements are also quite powerful, he came in to salute Wang and Zhong, and then said to Zhong Mei: "If you don't guess wrong, this is the hero who went north to resist Russia." Zhong Buzen brothers? ”

Few people would be so generous and natural in front of Wang Jitong, and Yu Ziyi, who was familiar with him next to him, said with a smile: "Brother Mengjiang has good eyesight." You can see it at a glance. ”

When Yu Ziyi said that, he was greeting Zhong Mei, and Wang Jitong saw that he was a self-acquaintance, so he didn't introduce him anymore and said, "Let's sit down." Meng Jiang is the person in charge of my association in western Zhejiang, and it has a great influence in Jiaxing, Bu Cen, in the future, you will have to listen to Meng Jiang's policy in all things in western Zhejiang. ”

Ao Jiaxiong was born in Xiucai and was a master in his early days. It's just that he didn't agree with the magistrate, and he soon resigned. Gengzi participated in the revolution after the year, joined the China Education Association the year before last, and joined the Revival Association at the end of the year. Zhong Mei took a look at Ao Jiaxiong's information in the briefing. Although he knew that he was his comrade, he had lived in the military for a long time. The polite words have long been forgotten. I had to give it up.

Ao Jiaxiong had long wanted to set up a regimental training in Jiaxing, but he was unsuccessful, and now he saw Zhong Mei's fierce military spirit, so he couldn't help but start the idea of regimental training. Wang Jitong knew what he was thinking, so he said, "Meng Jiang, Bu Cen didn't come back to do group exercises." ”

Ao Jiaxiong smiled: "Brother Xiaoxu." What did Buzen do? As long as I can help the revolution, then I will do my best to help. ”

"There are many parties in western Zhejiang, and Bu Cen's is to co-opt these parties."

Hearing that Zhong Mei was going to incorporate the Hui Party, Ao Jiaxiong was taken aback. "Last year, I also wanted to meet the party, but these parties were very resistant to the unified organization, saying that if they took off the original organization, I was afraid that they would not be like-minded. ”

"yes. The same is true in other places. However, if the local congress parties only join the association in name, but in fact they still follow the old system, then once something happens, it will still be ununified and have no combat power. "The biggest problem of the party is this, those guild owners and hall masters are self-reliant, and if you want them to change from a meeting leader to someone else's subordinate, I am afraid that they will never be able to. After Wang Jitong finished speaking, he said: "Meng Jiang, you should talk about the party here in western Zhejiang, and it is good for Bu Cen to know more about the situation." ”

Ao Jiaxiong was prepared, took out a booklet and said. "Between Jiahu, in addition to the Qing Gang Hongmen, most of the rest are salt owls, known as Panmen, also known as the Qing Gang, and there are three factions in it, one is the main gang, the Wentai people in eastern Zhejiang, the other is called the guest gang, the people of Jiangbei in northern Anhui, and the alias Chaohu Gang, and the light egg, which is the stragglers who were dismissed after the Hongyang Rebellion. Among the three factions, the Chaohu Gang was the most courageous, and it was originally active in southern Jiangsu, but after Xu Baoshan surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, he continued to kill his former comrades in various places, and they retreated to the Taihu Lake area. Zhejiang's private salt is prevalent, and it is even more in the western part of Zhejiang, Yu Dai out of the salt place, not two or three wen per catty, and the private sale of the interior, but only eight or nine wen, and the official salt is about 30 wen, the official salt because of the tax, even if its price is reduced, it must be more than 20 wen, and the private salt is too different. Although there are anti-smuggling soldiers, there are many seas in the ocean, and there is Taihu Lake as a shelter, so it is not very easy to catch and prevent fixed fishing. ”

Ao Jiaxiong said in detail, but in Zhong Mei's opinion, he didn't get to the point, and after he finished speaking, he asked: "Brother Mengjiang, may I ask how many people there are in these salt lords, what are the weapons, and what is the popularity of the local people?" ”

"Most of these salt barons are born in Yong, skilled in firearms, a group of people ranging from dozens to hundreds, and the ships are all advantageous, and the general ships are more than a dozen, and there are dozens of fast guns. In addition, they have lived in the waters for many years, are skilled in waterways, and are very aware of the rise and fall of the tide, and it is really difficult for officers and men to exterminate them. As for the popularity, that is to look at the leader, if the control is strict, the popularity will naturally be high, and vice versa. ”

"Brother Yu seems to be in prison now?" Zhong Mei thought of the information on the briefing and couldn't help but ask, he couldn't figure out how he could be imprisoned as a member.

"Indeed." Speaking of this, Ao Jiaxiong is a little ridiculous, Yu Mengting is actually a member of his development, and he provides a lot of information about Yanxiao. This person is a native of Lujiang, Anhui Province, has practiced martial arts since childhood, once joined the Qing army as a camp brave, and was later dismissed by the Manchu Qing Dynasty. "He is a gambler and difficult to change, and he was arrested by the Qing officials at the beginning of this year. I'm thinking about getting him out of prison right now. ”

The soldiers of the Manchu Qing Dynasty were all good at gambling, even the ordinary homeless people were extremely addicted to it, and in the army, it was easy to ban smoking, but it was difficult to ban gambling. Zhong Mei listened to Ao Jiaxiong's introduction, the most taboo in the Hangjiahu area should be the unfamiliar waterway, the tide is unknown, the battle on the water is very different from the land, the environment is not familiar, it is estimated that even the enemy can not be found, and now the plan, only to find someone who understands the waterway, can open up the situation in the Hangjiahu area.

"And what gangs do these salt barons have now?" Zhong Mei finished thinking about it and asked again.

"The big ones are Xia Zhulin, Wang Laosi, Cai Laoqi, etc., Jiangbei Ah Si, Shi Laoda, Xia Xiaowhip, Wu Xiaomazi and other gangs, the largest of which is Xia Zhulin, there are more than 20 boats, more than 200 gangs, and there are more than 100 fast guns. He is fierce and cunning, and has a reputation among the gangs. Some time ago, I had a secret meeting with him, but his meaning was the same as that of other parties, that it was okay to join the alliance, but it was unwilling to join the union and reorganize it. In addition to operating around in Jiaxing, Ao Jiaxiong also wanted to incorporate some associations, but when he talked about those Qu Kui, he shook his head, only wishing to join the alliance and never join the association. (To be continued......)